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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 12: Present continuous tense · Set 596 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (am / is / are + -ing): Time words: now, right now, at the moment, Look! I am + -ing; he / she / it / one name is + -ing; you / we / they are + -ing. -ing spelling: drop a silent e (dance → dancing); double one last consonant after one short vowel (swim → swimming, run → running).

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  1. 1.Which is the correct -ing form of “wear”? (a) weareing (b) wearing (c) wearring
  2. 2.___ we telling a story right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  3. 3.___ my parents catching the ball now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “make”? (a) makeing (b) makeeing (c) making
  5. 5.You ___ a tree right now. (a) am climbing (b) are climbing (c) are climb (d) is climbing
  6. 6.Which is the correct -ing form of “clap”? (a) claping (b) clapping (c) clapeing
  7. 7.My brother ___ the bag right now. (a) am carrying (b) is carry (c) are carrying (d) is carrying
  8. 8.___ they cleaning the room at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  9. 9.I ___ the bag right now. (a) are carrying (b) am carrying (c) am carry (d) is carrying
  10. 10.We ___ Hindi at the moment. (a) are speak (b) is speaking (c) are speaking (d) am speaking
  11. 11.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbing (b) climbeing (c) climbbing
  12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sendding (b) sendeing (c) sending
  13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
  14. 14.___ she wearing a cap at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  15. 15.You ___ a mango now. (a) are eat (b) am eating (c) is eating (d) are eating
  16. 16.___ Sneha winning the match right now? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  17. 17.Which is the correct -ing form of “watch”? (a) watchhing (b) watcheing (c) watching
  18. 18.___ Diya winning the match right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  19. 19.They ___ the room right now. (a) are clean (b) is cleaning (c) am cleaning (d) are cleaning
  20. 20.They ___ a story right now. (a) is telling (b) are tell (c) are telling (d) am telling
  21. 21.Rohan ___ a cake at the moment. (a) is bake (b) am baking (c) are baking (d) is baking
  22. 22.Karan ___ a letter at the moment. (a) am writing (b) are writing (c) is write (d) is writing
  23. 23.___ he speaking Hindi at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  24. 24.Farhan ___ cricket at the moment. (a) is play (b) are playing (c) am playing (d) is playing
  25. 25.___ you writing a letter now? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
  26. 26.They ___ cricket right now. (a) are play (b) are playing (c) is playing (d) am playing
  27. 27.___ she studying science now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
  28. 28.Farhan ___ a letter at the moment. (a) are writing (b) is writing (c) am writing (d) is write
  29. 29.___ I eating a mango right now? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are
  30. 30.She ___ the room at the moment. (a) am cleaning (b) is clean (c) are cleaning (d) is cleaning
  31. 31.Which is the correct -ing form of “dance”? (a) danceing (b) dancing (c) danceeing
  32. 32.Which is the correct -ing form of “catch”? (a) catcheing (b) catching (c) catchhing
  33. 33.Which is the correct -ing form of “go”? (a) gooing (b) goeing (c) going
  34. 34.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) building (b) buildding (c) buildeing
  35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “clean”? (a) cleaneing (b) cleaning (c) cleanning
  36. 36.They ___ the train at the moment. (a) is taking (b) are take (c) am taking (d) are taking
  37. 37.Karan ___ on the stage at the moment. (a) are dancing (b) is dancing (c) is dance (d) am dancing
  38. 38.I ___ cricket now. (a) am play (b) am playing (c) is playing (d) are playing
  39. 39.___ Arjun wearing a cap at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
  40. 40.___ you building a sandcastle at the moment? (a) Am (b) Is (c) Are

Answer key

  1. wearing
  2. Are
  3. Are
  4. making
  5. are climbing
  6. clapping
  7. is carrying
  8. Are
  9. am carrying
  10. are speaking
  11. climbing
  12. sending
  13. riding
  14. Is
  15. are eating
  16. Is
  17. watching
  18. Is
  19. are cleaning
  20. are telling
  21. is baking
  22. is writing
  23. Is
  24. is playing
  25. Are
  26. are playing
  27. Is
  28. is writing
  29. Am
  30. is cleaning
  31. dancing
  32. catching
  33. going
  34. building
  35. cleaning
  36. are taking
  37. is dancing
  38. am playing
  39. Is
  40. Are

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